# Gordon J. Hamilton 2006: The Origins of the West Semitic Alphabet in Egyptian Scripts

> Gordon J. Hamilton, 2006. 8 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Catholic Biblical Quarterly Monograph Series 40, Washington DC. The letter-by-letter…

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# The Origins of the West Semitic Alphabet in Egyptian Scripts

Gordon J. Hamilton, 2006.

**Proto-Sinaitic and Wadi el-Hol: the first alphabet** Book0

## What it's used for here

Catholic Biblical Quarterly Monograph Series 40, Washington DC. The letter-by-letter catalogue of early alphabetic sign forms matched to hieroglyphic and hieratic prototypes; the reference sign catalogue for the script.

## Cited by on this site 8 records

[Abjad](https://mysteriesdept.com/concepts/CPT0DEEBDB6Z0HG/abjad)

CPT

[Albright identified 23 of a probable 27 letters, Hamilton gives each an Egyptian prototype, and a Wadi el-Hol sign has…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-sinaitic/evidence/EVD0DEEB4AEFYMB/albright-identified-23-of-a-probable-27-letters-hamilton)

Evidence

EVD

[Hamilton's catalogue derives some letters from hieratic forms, which only trained scribes used.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-sinaitic/evidence/EVD0DEEASG8B77N/hamiltons-catalogue-derives-some-letters-from-hieratic-forms)

Evidence

EVD

[Hamilton's palaeography allows use of the script at Serabit over several centuries, which would make a single date for…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-sinaitic/evidence/EVD0DEEAQWPJRTB/hamiltons-palaeography-allows-use-of-the-script-at-serabit)

Evidence

EVD

[The recurring sign group reads b'lt, "Lady", by acrophonic values, and sits on a sphinx whose Egyptian text is a…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-sinaitic/evidence/EVD0DEE968TSG59/the-recurring-sign-group-reads-blt-lady-by-acrophonic-values)

Evidence

EVD

[Orly Goldwasser argues that Canaanite workers who could not read Egyptian invented the alphabet in Sinai; Hamilton publishes the sign catalogue](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-sinaitic/events/EVT0DEDS10QWBKF/orly-goldwasser-argues-that-canaanite-workers-who-could-not)

EVT

[Proto-Sinaitic and Wadi el-Hol: the first alphabet](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-sinaitic)

The mystery article

MYS

[How many letters did the earliest alphabet have, and which Egyptian signs are their prototypes?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/proto-sinaitic/questions/QST0DEDW8BKH407/how-many-letters-did-the-earliest-alphabet-have-and-which)

Question

QST

## Cite it

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Gordon J. Hamilton (2006). The Origins of the West Semitic Alphabet in Egyptian Scripts. https://books.google.com/books?id=LdANAAAAYAAJ
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